Form of Statement of Registrable Interests for Completion in Accordance With

SEANAD ÉIREANN

FORM OF STATEMENT OF REGISTRABLE INTERESTS FOR COMPLETION IN ACCORDANCE WITH

SECTION 5 OF THE ETHICS IN PUBLIC OFFICE ACT 1995

(AS AMENDED)

Please complete this form in black ink

Name: ______

Address for correspondence: ______

______

Telephone Number: ______

Registration Period covered by this statement: 1 January to 31 December 2016. This is the “appropriate period” for the purposes of the Ethics in Public Office Acts 1995 and 2001.

An electronic version of this form may be downloaded at: http://www.sipo.gov.ie/en/Forms/Disclosing-Interests/Members-Statement-of-Registrable-Interest-forms/

An original copy of this form, duly signed, must be submitted to the Standards in Public Office Commission (or in the case of a nil return, to the Clerk of the Seanad) by 31 January 2017.

NOTES FOR INFORMATION

1. This form, duly signed by you, should be completed and returned to the Standards in Public Office Commission not later than 31 January, 2017. PLEASE NOTE THAT MEMBERS MAKING A NIL RETURN SHOULD SEND IT TO THE CLERK OF SEANAD ÉIREANN by this date.

2. Members when completing this form should refer to the guidelines issued by the Select Committee on Members' Interests of Seanad Éireann which are available at http://www.oireachtas.ie/parliament/oireachtasbusiness/committees_list/seanadmembersinterests/

3. Officeholders when completing this form should refer to the guidelines issued by the Standards in Public Office Commission which are available at: http://www.sipo.gov.ie/en/Guidelines/Guidelines-for-Office-Holders/

4. Members are not required to specify in this statement the amount or monetary value of any interest.

5. This statement of registrable interests covers any period when you were a member of either House of the Oireachtas during the period 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016.

6. Members may, in accordance with section 12 of the Ethics in Public Office Act 1995 (as amended) (hereinafter “the 1995 Act”) refer any queries that they have regarding compliance with the Ethics in Public Office Acts 1995 and 2001 to the Select Committee on Members' Interests of Seanad Éireann. Where advice is given, the member must act in accordance with such advice unless to do so would contravene another section of the Ethics Acts.

7. Officeholders should, in accordance with section 25 of the 1995 Act refer any queries that they may have regarding compliance with the Ethics in Public Office Acts 1995 and 2001 to the Standards in Public Office Commission.

8. Additional copies of this form and an Irish version of this form are available if required from the Standards in Public Office Commission.

9. In general, members will register for the appropriate period, namely 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016. As there was a general election in 2016 this may affect the periods for which you were a member of the Houses of the Oireachtas.

Effects of General Election on Registration Periods in 2016

The normal annual registration period of 1 January to 31 December is modified as follows by reason of the General Election held in 2016:

Membership / Registration Period
For Members of the current Seanad (25th Seanad) on 31 December 2016:-
who were members of the previous Seanad during 2016: / from: 1 January 2016 (or date of election or nomination to that Seanad, if later)
to: date of Seanad General Election;
and from:
o (if elected to 25th Seanad): date of election to 31 December 2016
o or (if nominated to 25th Seanad): date of nomination to 31 December 2016
who were members of the previous Dáil (31st Dáil) during 2016: / from: 1 January 2016 (or date of election to that Dáil, if later)
TO to: dissolution of 31st Dáil on 3 February 2016;
and from: date of election or nomination to 25th Seanad
to: 31 December 2016
who were not members of the previous Seanad or Dáil during 2016: / from: date of election or nomination to 25th Seanad
to: 31 December 2016

PART 1 - OCCUPATIONS etc.

Please complete columns (i) and (ii) below. The following interests shall be registrable: a remunerated trade, profession, employment, vocation or other occupation of yours (other than that of office holder or member or an occupation to which Part IV of the Ethics in Public Office Act 1995 (as amended) applies) at any time during the appropriate period (i.e. 1 January to 31 December 2016), in relation to you, specified in section 5(1) or 20 the remuneration from which to you during that period exceeded €2,600. You are not required to give details of the actual amount of remuneration. Where you are declaring rental income from a property which is also a private home within the meaning of the 1995 Act, you are not required to give the full address of the said property under column (ii).

For a detailed explanation of registration requirements for Occupations etc. please refer to page 7 of the Guidelines.

(i)
Nature of trade, profession, etc. / (ii)
Name and address of place from which trade or profession carried out, or name and address of employer / (iii)
Other information that you believe may be relevant (Note: Completion of this column is entirely voluntary)

PART 2 - SHARES etc.

Please complete columns (i) to (iii) below. The following interests shall be registrable: a holding by you of shares in, or bonds or debentures of, or other like investments in, a particular company or other enterprise or undertaking if the aggregate value of the holding exceeded €13,000 at any time during the appropriate period (i.e. 1 January to 31 December 2016). It should be noted that holding does not include money held by you in a current, deposit or other similar account with a financial institution. You are not required to disclose the actual value of any holding.

For a detailed explanation of registration requirements for Shares etc. please refer to page 8 of the Guidelines

(i)
Nature of holding (i.e. shares, bonds, debenture or other similar holding) / (ii)
Name and registered address of company or enterprise or undertaking etc. / (iii)
Nature of business / (iv)
Other information that you believe may be relevant (Note: Completion of this column is entirely voluntary)

PART 3 – DIRECTORSHIPS

Please complete columns (i) to (iii) below. The following interests shall be registrable: a directorship or shadow directorship of any company held by you at any time during the appropriate period (i.e. 1 January to 31 December 2016).

For a detailed explanation of registration requirements for Directorships please refer to page 9 of the Guidelines.

(i)
Nature of directorship (e.g. whether chair, executive, non-executive or shadow) / (ii)
Name and registered address of company in which the directorship was held by you / (iii)
Nature of business of the company / (iv)
Other information that you believe may be relevant (Note: Completion of this column is entirely voluntary)

PART 4 - LAND (including property)

Please complete columns (i) and (ii) below. The following interests shall be registrable: any interest in land of yours, being an interest the value of which exceeded €13,000 at any time during the appropriate period (i.e. 1 January to 31 December 2016), including—

(a) your interest in any contract entered into by you for the purchase of land, whether or not a deposit or part payment has been made under the contract, and

(b) your interest in—

(i) any option held by you to purchase land, whether or not any consideration has been paid in respect thereof, or

(ii) land in respect of which such an option has been exercised by you but which has not yet been conveyed to you,

but excluding any interest in land consisting of any private home of you or your spouse or civil partner, that is to say, a building or part of a building that is occupied by you or your spouse or a child of you or your spouse as a separate dwelling and any garden or other land usually occupied with the dwelling, being land that is subsidiary or ancillary to it, is required for its amenity or convenience and is not being used or developed primarily for commercial purposes. If you own more than one home, you should register any home which is not occupied by you, your spouse, civil partner or a child of yours, your spouse or civil partner. Rental income from land and/or property in excess of €2,600 during the stated period is declarable but should be registered under Part 1 - Occupational Income.

For a detailed explanation on registration requirements for Land please refer to page 9 of the Guidelines.

(i)
Address of any land and/or residences which are registrable / (ii)
Purpose for which such land or residences are used (e.g. woodland, farmland, letting etc.) / (iii)
Other information that you believe may be relevant (Note: Completion of this column is entirely voluntary)

PART 5 – GIFTS

Please complete columns (i) and (ii) below. The following interests shall be registrable: a gift given to you during the appropriate period (i.e. 1 January to 31 December 2016), but excluding—

(i) a gift given to you by a relative or civil partner or friend of yours or of your spouse or civil partner or of a child of yours or your spouse for purely personal reasons only, unless the acceptance of the gift by you could have materially influenced you in the performance of your functions as a member, office holder, Attorney General, holder of a designated directorship, occupier of a designated position or special adviser, and

(ii) a gift given to you, or gifts given to you by the same person, during the appropriate period, as respects which the value, or the aggregate value, of the property the subject of the gift or gifts did not exceed €650 at any time during the period aforesaid. It should be noted that the term “gift” excludes a donation within the meaning of the Electoral Act 1997 (as amended).

For a detailed explanation of registration requirements for Gifts please refer to page 10 of the Guidelines.

(i)
Nature of gift or gifts (including type and description thereof) / (ii)
Name and address of person or company who gave such gift or gifts to you / (iii)
Other information that you believe may be relevant (Note: Completion of this column is entirely voluntary)

PART 6 - PROPERTY SUPPLIED OR LENT OR A SERVICE SUPPLIED

Please complete columns (i) and (ii) below. The following interests shall be registrable:

(i) property supplied or lent or a service supplied to you, once or more than once by the same person during the appropriate period (i.e. 1 January to 31 December 2016), for a consideration or considerations or at a price or prices less than the commercial consideration or considerations or the commercial price or prices by more than €650, and

(ii) property lent or a service supplied to you, once or more than once by the same person during the appropriate period, free of charge if the commercial consideration or considerations or the commercial price or prices was or were more than €650,

other than property supplied or lent or a service supplied to you by a relative or civil partner or friend of yours or of your spouse or civil partner or of a child of yours or your spouse where such supply or loan was in the nature of a gift to you and for personal reasons only unless the acceptance of the property or loan or the service by you could have materially influenced you in the performance of your functions as a member, office holder, Attorney General, holder of a designated directorship, occupier of a designated position, or special adviser.

For a detailed explanation of registration requirements for Property and Services please refer to page 11 of the Guidelines.

(i)
Nature and type of property supplied or lent or service supplied to you / (ii)
Name and address of person or company who supplied or lent such property or supplied such service / (iii)
Other information that you believe may be relevant (Note: Completion of this column is entirely voluntary)

PART 7 - TRAVEL FACILITIES

Please complete columns (i) and (ii) below. The following interests shall be registrable: travel facilities, living accommodation, meals or entertainment supplied during the appropriate period (i.e. 1 January to 31 December 2016) to the person concerned free of charge or at a price that was less than the commercial price or prices, but excluding—

(a) travel facilities, living accommodation, meals or entertainment provided—

(i) within the State, or

(ii) in the course and for the purpose of—

(I) the performance of your functions as a member, office holder, holder of a designated directorship, occupier of a designated position or special adviser, or

(II) your trade, profession, employment, vocation or other occupation (other than an occupation specified in subclause (I)),

(iii) in the case of a member, by the Inter Parliamentary Union (or such other (if any) similar bodies as may be specified by the Committee in guidelines published by it under section 12 of the Ethics in Public Office Act 1995 (as amended)) or any organisation of states or governments of which the State or the Government is a member or a body of or associated with any such body or organisation,